Comment by fragmede

Comment by fragmede 10 months ago

6 replies

Keep trying to de-dramaticize language, you'll get there!

Seriously though, the last time I truely bricked something was because I overwrote the bootloader on a chip that had no other way to flash, and it was an all-in-one, so I couldn't solder to the chip and reprogram it directly. Now that was a brick. A board that I can still solder to a chip and bus pirate my way to victory, isn't a brick. Being able to do so wirelessly? psh.

Edit: I'm remembering now, that hardware was an Apple keyboard. I wanted to flash the firmware so I could have capslock be left Ctrl in hardware, but I flashed the wrong thing and then could not flash an updated image to it.

freedomben 10 months ago

> I wanted to flash the firmware so I could have capslock be left Ctrl in hardware

You're a person after my own heart. If there is a God, you're doing his/her/their work.

What was the hardware and firmware you were flashing?

  • HKH2 10 months ago

    Why have three Ctrl keys? Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?

    • yjftsjthsd-h 10 months ago

      > Why have three Ctrl keys?

      You could just swap caps with one.

      > Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?

      Because that would require messy tinkering with multiple layers of software.

      • HKH2 10 months ago

        From memory, Linux has spare modifiers. You can see them using xmodmap. It's easy to assign shortcuts using them.

  • fragmede 10 months ago

    It was one of those wireless Apple keyboards, and I thought I had the settings right, but it turns out I didn't.

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